Sunday, February 17, 2008

If I Wasn't Laughing, I'd Be Crying...

Yep, you guessed it. Do I even have to say it?

When my database administrator called to tell me that my new server had crashed, I started laughing. I mean, really! What more could possibly go wrong?

After a week of really terrible customer support, I threw in the towel and am leaving my current hosting company. I've ordered a server with a new company with glowing customer service reviews and the people I've spoken to this morning have been great.

Ah, yes. We've been here before, haven't we? Me telling you that the site will be up very soon. I have done my best, but fate has conspired against me.

So, what is the estimated uptime now? Well, my new host says the server will be ready sometime tomorrow. Assuming no roadblocks, the site could be up tomorrow night. But you know what? I'm not even going to think that. It will be up when it's up -- can you tell I haven't slept in a week?

The only positive about this week is that I have lost a lot of weight from the stress. I knew there had to be a silver lining here somewhere...

Kelly, Having been a sys admin, I can appreciate your frustration. Having subscribed to a bzillion different websites over the past 13 years, I must say I've never used a site more or missed one as much as I do fictiondb. Your author booklists (particularly the series lists) are invaluable.

Sooo, I'm building an ISBN file ready to upload new books to my bookshelf and reading a whole lot more. See? There is an upside!

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FictionDB, run by Kelly and Art Wong, opened its virtual doors in November 1999 with the mission to use the Internet to provide complete, accurate and reliable information for readers of genre fiction.